Yeah, slush is bad, but real snow is great. It's cold, though, which puts off some people.

Here in Finland we usually have a proper winter, like last two years, and it's been nice. There's also a slush period in the autumn but thankfully it's usually short. It can be quite depressing as it's usually also the darkest time of the year - in November and December it's dark and when there's no snow it's still darker. The snow helps a lot during January and February though the amount of daylight is the same in principle.

Three years ago we didn't get much snow so it was like a rainy autumn for almost six months. Even though I do like autumn, that felt almost like too much and I've been happy with the snow we've been getting since.

Obviously we get the upside of long, dark winter nights in the summer when the Sun never really sets, even in the Southern Finland. I think I'm on the same latitudes as middle Alaska, for reference.

But slush. Brr. Even worse if there's some ice underneath. It's... slippery.